br23 blog reports [1] on how Vaclav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, was denied entry by the Belarus Embassy in Prague when he wanted to deliver a letter of protest. The incident reminded him of 1979, when Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter were protesting his own imprisonment, but were told to drop their letter of protest into the Czechoslovak Embassy's mailbox.
Czech Republic: Havel Denied Entry Into Belarus Embassy
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Belarus, Czech Republic, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, International Relations, Protest